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Background imageWarning Collection: Catherine-de-Barnes Isolation Hospital, which is on constant stand-by to deal with

Catherine-de-Barnes Isolation Hospital, which is on constant stand-by to deal with smallpox. They last admitted patients in 1978 during the smallpox outbreak at Birmingham University

Background imageWarning Collection: The fog horn on the Guernsey coast warns ships of a very dangerous spot where rocks

The fog horn on the Guernsey coast warns ships of a very dangerous spot where rocks abound. Circa 1935

Background imageWarning Collection: Falkland Islands re-visited. Sign warning that mines lie ahead - 5th March 1999

Falkland Islands re-visited. Sign warning that mines lie ahead - 5th March 1999

Background imageWarning Collection: Falkland Islands re-visited. Suspect Area out of bounds due to the war - 5th March 1999

Falkland Islands re-visited. Suspect Area out of bounds due to the war - 5th March 1999

Background imageWarning Collection: British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in action with a regiment of heavy

British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in action with a regiment of heavy Anti-Aircraft guns in Belgium during the Second World War

Background imageWarning Collection: A. T. S. (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) telephonists in a Command Post receiving news

A. T. S. (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) telephonists in a Command Post receiving news
A.T.S. (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) telephonists in a Command Post receiving news of an air attack. Miss J. Houston (right - from Liverpool) and Miss A

Background imageWarning Collection: All the orchards on the northern side of the Garigliano have been thickly sown with mines

All the orchards on the northern side of the Garigliano have been thickly sown with mines - hence this notice. The man in the picture is L/Cpl. A.H

Background imageWarning Collection: Anxious faces on little children of Holland Park, London who wait throughout air raid

Anxious faces on little children of Holland Park, London who wait throughout air raid warnings to keep their place during the Battle of Britain. October 1940

Background imageWarning Collection: The tail of a Bristol Sycamore frames a flight of Meteors ready for take off at RAF

The tail of a Bristol Sycamore frames a flight of Meteors ready for take off at RAF Linton on the Ouse. 6th November 1953

Background imageWarning Collection: Public House Notice in Oxford High Street, Oxfordshire, informing woman they will not be

Public House Notice in Oxford High Street, Oxfordshire, informing woman they will not be served if in the company of US servicemen. October 1952

Background imageWarning Collection: Police on stage before Beatles concert at the Pavillion Dance Hall in Buxton

Police on stage before Beatles concert at the Pavillion Dance Hall in Buxton. 19th October 1963

Background imageWarning Collection: Animals Rabbits - Skippy the rabbit acts as a guard dog by biting people circa

Animals Rabbits - Skippy the rabbit acts as a guard dog by biting people circa 1980

Background imageWarning Collection: Pepi the poodle cannot understand why people keep laughing at him

Pepi the poodle cannot understand why people keep laughing at him. He knows its something to do with the sign hung up behind him in the shop by his owner Verdan Thomas

Background imageWarning Collection: Animals Big Cats Leopard Chiefy the Leopard waits outside the Savoy Hotel in London

Animals Big Cats Leopard Chiefy the Leopard waits outside the Savoy Hotel in London tied to a no parking sign. The hotel would not let his owner take him in to the building

Background imageWarning Collection: Police on stage before Beatles concert at the Pavillion Dance Hall in Buxton

Police on stage before Beatles concert at the Pavillion Dance Hall in Buxton. 19th October 1963

Background imageWarning Collection: Scene from the play My Wife. Circa 1910

Scene from the play My Wife. Circa 1910

Background imageWarning Collection: World War II Invasion of France D-day + 56 A Canadian military policeman seen here

World War II Invasion of France D-day + 56 A Canadian military policeman seen here putting up warning signs of booby traps left by the Germans in the Normandy village of Faubourg de Vaucelles

Background imageWarning Collection: Animals - Cats. Spyke... Postmen take good notice of this notice. September 1982 P000462

Animals - Cats. Spyke... Postmen take good notice of this notice. September 1982 P000462
Animals - Cats. Spyke....Postmen take good notice of this notice. September 1982 P000462

Background imageWarning Collection: Crowds make their way down to an underground shelter as the air raid siren sounds minutes

Crowds make their way down to an underground shelter as the air raid siren sounds minutes after war is declared. 3rd September 1939


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